Detailed Image has new special offers every month that will feature some of our favorite products at reduced prices. We also have a contest that runs for two months where we will give away detailing products for free. These contest usually give away some of our best selling products. Entering is totally FREE with no strings attached, please read the details below.

Are you using old and dirty pads?

Special #1 All Pads $7.99
All of our Lake Country Pads are 20% off at $7.99 each, regularly $9.99 for October only. Now is a great time to replace your Porter Cable 7424's old pads and stock up! If your pads are contaminated or ripped you could be potentially adding swirls or micro-scratches during your detail. Additionally pads that are contaminated and worn are generally less effective. These pads are excellent for applying virtually any detailing product. If you need help selecting a pad just follow our guide below or contact me with any questions.

Yellow Cutting Pad - Compound or Heavy Polish
Orange Light Cutting Pad - Cutting or Medium Polish
White Polishing Pad - Chemical, Finishing or Light Polish
Black Finishing Pad - Chemical Polish or Glaze
Blue Fine Finishing Pad - Sealant or Wax


Special #2 - All Metal Polishes $7.99
Often times your metal surfaces get neglected because you may not have the time or the right tools for the job. Now is the time to pick up a metal polish to help clean and polish your wheels, exhaust tips, trim, engine bay and more. All of these polishes do an excellent job of removing contaminates that are deeply embedded and restoring a brilliant luster. These metal polishes are regularly $9.99 or $11.99 and now they are all on sale for $7.99!. Click here to see all of the available metal polishes.

October - November FREE Contest
For the October and November FREE contest, Detailed Image is giving away the Menzerna Super Intensive Polish (PO83) 32oz which retails for $49.99. This polish has quickly become an industry favorite for its remarkable cutting ability and ultra smooth finish and high gloss levels. This may very well be the best medium cutting polish in detailing today. To enter this FREE contest please log on to our contest page and follow the quick and simple instructions.

If you have any questions or if you'd like a recommendation for products please let me know. Thanks for reading!

Greg @ Detailed Image

 

Good deal!


I took you up on your offer and purhased the following:

PC 7424
6" Counter Weight
LC Backing Plate for PC
Yellow, White, Orange, Black, and Blue pads
Menzerna Power Gloss
Menzerna Final Polish II
Menzerna Finishing Touch Glaze

Ordered this morning and got the ship notice from FedEx shortly after lunch!

I'm looking forward to having the power to get out paint blemishes easier!

Thanks!

 

Thank you for supporting Detailed Image, I greatly appreciate it. We make every effort to process and ship orders the same day. Typically we ship out orders in 24 hours or less. You selected some great products and I'm sure you're going to really like the Porter Cable 7424. The only thing you may want to adjust is that you got a heavy and light polish. Sometimes I will use a medium polish (Menzerna Intensive Polish) in between to ensure all the haze is buffed out. You will probably be okay if you thoroughly work in the Final Polish II assuming you don't go too aggressive with the Power Gloss. The yellow pad is the most aggressive and if you use that with the Power Gloss you may not be able to buff the haze out with just the Final Polish II and a white polishing pad. My recommendation would be to use the Power Gloss with the orange pad and Final Polish II with a white pad or get the Intensive Polish and do the following routine: Power Gloss - yellow pad, Intensive Polish - Orange Cutting Polish, Final Polish II - White Polishing Pad. Sorry if this was confusing, you can see more of this information if you read our Detailing Guide. Let me know if you have any other questions about these products or anything else related to detailing. Thanks again for shopping at Detailed Image!

Greg @ Detailed Image

 

Thanks for the advice.

I hadn't planned on using the Power Gloss on the entire vehicle, only for spot work areas that I have in the paint - like the couple of minor scratches in the rear bumper from the plastic garbage bin being dragged against the bumper (happened last weekend) and a bird turd stain on the hood from the previous owner.

 

Thanks for clarifying, your order looks perfect now! Let me know if I can help you any further. Good Luck!

Greg @ Detailed Image

 

I just wanted to remind everyone there are two days left to take advantage of these specials. Let me know if you have any questions or if you need any recommendations.

Greg @ Detailed Image

 

Greg,

My first experience with a PC has not been what I had been expecting.

The LC velcro backing pad separated from the PC while in use. The backing pad looks like the bolt either melted or worked its way out of the plastic.

I was using the Menzerna IP with a LC Orange pad, allowing the machine to work under it's own weight but still moving it around (slowly), and adjusted the opm between 3 to 5 like the instructional videos on Autogeek describe.

Did I get a defective velcro backing pad or am I using these items improperly?

Todd

 

Todd,

Thank you for contacting me about your experience with the buffer and backing plate. This certainly should not of happened and we'll see if we can identify the cause. I basically came up with two theories of what could of happened, while there may be other plausible options. Possibly you received a defective backing plate or buffer that would need to be replaced. Possibly something was wrong with the threading which did not allow them to work together right. I have yet to hear about this particular problem ever happening with either product but it could happen. The other theory I had was that the backing plate was not screwed in all the way. When you get the Porter Cable 7424 it comes with a wrench which you must use to fully tighten the backing plate. If the backing plate was a little bit loose you may have been using the buffer without the backing plate being attached properly. This would most likely results in the backing plate moving slightly erratic and eventually falling off. While it was being used it would most likely build up a lot of heat and friction, which could damage the threading. Let me know what you think of these two possibilities. Also if you have any pictures of this damage I would greatly appreciate you forwarding it to us. Lake Country Manufacturing supplies our backing plates and they are very committed to studying any defects and improving their manufacturing process. Thank you again for contacting us about this issue and I look forward to hearing back from you.

Greg @ Detailed Image

 

I highly reccomend detailed image, Greg has gone over every product I have wanted/ was curious about and has answered every question thouroughly. He really does care about his customers and it shows with how he handle each situation. Which is why I have a very large order going his way. Thanks for all the help Greg
-Mackie

 

Thanks Greg.

I used the supplied wrench to tighten the backing plate to the PC. After the incident, the bolt was very hot to the touch - nearly to the point of not being able to handle safely.

I centered the pad on the backing plate as close as possible, too.

I have pictures available but will have to wait until I get home from work to supply them. Is there an email address for you that I should be using to contact you with.


Other than this slight mishap, your service and products have been excellent. Thanks again!

 

Update: Here are the requested pictures. If you need more, different angles, lighting, etc...just let me know.

 

Thank you for sharing more details about your experience and posting those pictures. From what I can tell that looks like a manufacturer defect. I'm going to send you a replacement backing plate today and I'll contact Lake Country about the backing plate. I'm also going to include some free microfiber towels with this shipment. I apologize for this unfortunate experience and I appreciate your patience and understanding. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do to help you.

Greg @ Detailed Image

 

Greg,

Thank you very much for all your help and excellent service.

Manufacturer's defects will occur on occassion and this small issue does not reflect on you as a vendor.

Again, thank you very much for your efforts to help my situation.

Todd